Fears CSG threatens north-west minerals investment

The Queensland Resources Council (QRC) says the state's north-west minerals province risks being overlooked for new investment due to focus on coal seam gas (CSG) activity and coal in the central region.

Industry representatives have been meeting in Mount Isa this week for a mining conference.

QRC spokesman Andrew Barger says the north-west produces a range of different minerals and products and needs a more united front to promote itself as a region of opportunities.

"It's very easy for the region to be overlooked for an investor based in the south-east corner when you've got all the coal seam gas activity," he said.

"I think it is just that sense of being seen as a province, being seen as a real engine room of the Queensland economy, and people starting to realise how much value is driven out of this part of the world."